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Google releases Games for Google+

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Re: Google releases Games for Google+

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"When you’re ready to play, the Games page is waiting—click the games button at the top of your stream." I keep looking, and it keeps not being there.

As with everything Google does, it's slowly being rolled out. You will eventually see it appear soon!

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Definitely a combination of html, flash, etc. These aren't games developed by Google -- rather games running on Google's platform (similar to Facebook games).

Cool. Would be nice to hear that they're definitely supporting HTML5 though!

Why all the downvotes? Isn't the technology they're supporting important? :P There's not even any mention on their developer blog here: http://googleplusplatform.blogspot.com/2011/08/stepping-onto...

Re: Google releases Games for Google+

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As a games developer still green-around-the-ears I'm really looking forward to trying my hand at making a social media game. I never wanted to make a facebook game because I felt like that ship had sailed.

Re: Google releases Games for Google+

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post #7

This is problematic given the current vulnerability to spam Google+ has. Anybody can friend you, via your own friends.To make it worse, Google will give you a red notice for this on every service, even search. I've been friended by multiple online media sociopaths through my friends. Say Mr. X social media adds a few of your publicly listed friends. And some add him back. Then Mr. X adds all their friends by looking…

> Anybody can friend you and it will be shown across all Google pages, even search. I've been friended by multiple online media sociopaths through my friends. I don't see how that leads to spam. Friendship isn't symmetric in G+. Media sociopaths can follow me all they want. If I don't follow them back, I don't see a word they write in my stream.

Mr. X adds me. Looks like a normal guy and G+ shows we have 2 contacts in common. So I add him. Then I get his spammy stream. The only way to verify is to go check their page before adding, but that's a hassle. So most people just add them. And while they keep the spam rate low and make it look OK most people just leave them. This happens in particular with users who visit G+ less frequently.

This happened to me several times in the last few weeks.

EDIT: I am aware of this so I don't add them anymore, but many of my contacts, perhaps most, keel falling for it. And I cant escape the constant notices of MR Xs adding me on G+ even when I'm not in G+. I can't tell G+ not to notice me of spammers adding me and just do it for actual friends. BTW, downvotes? Wow...

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post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Anybody can friend you and it will be shown across all Google pages, even search. I've been friended by multiple online media sociopaths through my friends. I don't see how that leads to spam. Friendship isn't symmetric in G+. Media sociopaths can follow me all they want. If I don't follow them back, I don't see a word they write in my stream.

Mr. X adds me. Looks like a normal guy and G+ shows we have 2 contacts in common. So I add him. Then I get his spammy stream. The only way to verify is to go check their page before adding, but that's a hassle. So most people just add them. And while they keep the spam rate low and make it look OK most people just leave them. This happens in particular with users who visit G+ less frequently. This happened to me seve…

...your problem is that spammy people aren't spammy enough to get removed from your circle for being spammy?

Re: Google releases Games for Google+

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That's why I've largely unfollowed "famous people" on Google Plus... until they have the ability to view "everyone but X circle". The only people of the 100 or so I follow on Google Plus who post anything are celebrities and they post nonstop (and the hundreds of useless comments keep bumping their stuff to the top of my feed). It works on Twitter for some reason, but not on G+.

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I love how Google has really taken time to address the problem number 1 with Facebook games : they are spam machines! Games in Google+ will feel more like real games (pc, mobile or console games) as in if I feel like playing a game and I see my friend also plays that game, then we can share scores and stuff. But when I'm not feeling for games, then games don't invade my news feed. What would be the point anyway in kn…

My bet is the Zyngas will adapt and do "social" marketing by paying people to promote their games through shares.
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